“Dance for PD is a program developed by [Mark Morris Dance Group] that gives people with Parkinson’s an opportunity to experience the joy of dance while creatively addressing symptoms of the degenerative neurological disorder that affects one in 100 people over the age 60.” Reporter Jane Fries sits in on a class taught by MMDG members David Leventhal and Lesley Garrison.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Pondering The Museum Of Broken Relationships
Leslie Jamison visits the one-of-a-kind Zagreb museum and considers the meaning(s) of the institutions and of seven of its objects on display (wall texts included), as well as the Bad Memories Eraser in the gift shop.
Milo Yiannopoulos Drops $10M Lawsuit Against Publisher Who Cancelled His Book
The 33-year-old alt-right troll provocateur “sued for breach of contract in July 2017 after the cancellation of his book Dangerous, claiming that Simon & Schuster violated the terms of their deal to publish following public outrage. Simon & Schuster claimed that the book had ‘substantial problems.'”
Nude Scenes Will Never Be The Same Post-Harvey Weinstein, Says Director Robert Lepage (Especially In A Play About De Sade)
“Only a few months ago, … Lepage would never have thought twice about a nude scene with an actress. But the sexual harassment scandals that have wracked the entertainment industry since the Hollywood mogul’s fall have forced the Québécois master theatremaker to rethink how he works. The fact he was also rehearsing a play, Quills, inspired by the one of the most notorious sexual predators in history – the Marquis de Sade, after whom the word ‘sadism’ was coined – added further fuel for thought.”
Ballet Idaho’s New Artistic Director: Garrett Anderson
“Anderson may be a familiar face to Boise dance devotees, having performed in the past with the Trey McIntyre Project and local dance nonprofit LED. In addition … [he has] chaired the Dance Department at New Mexico School for the Arts and has danced with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Chicago and the Belgium-based Royal Ballet of Flanders, among others. He will take up the post of artistic director in July.”
Indianapolis Symphony Hires New CEO
“James M. Johnson, who will begin his term April 30, comes from the Omaha Symphony Association, where he is the president and CEO. … Before Omaha, Johnson spent a decade as CEO of the New York Pops, director of operations for the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and general manager of the Martha Graham Dance Company.”
Bass-Baritone Raimund Herincx Dead At 90
“A tall, bearded, Falstaffian figure, he had a commanding presence and a voice of depth and authority that could seemingly carry the length of a football pitch with minimal effort. … As Wotan in Wagner’s Die Walküre he could out-sing a bank of roaring tubas.”
City Of Sarajevo Withdraws Honor From Orhan Pamuk, Allegedly Out Of Fear Of Turkish Gov’t
“A municipal council committee, tasked with deciding on the award, this week revoked its earlier decision to honour the famous author, who is also an outspoken critic of the current political climate in Turkey. The committee has so far given no explanation for revoking the decision which had previously passed unanimously by the seven councillors.” The head of the ruling party in the Bosnian capital is close, personally and politically, to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
A Sort Of Anti-Exhibition, By Maverick New Museum Director In Rome
“Hackles were raised in Rome’s art establishment in December at the announcement of a new artistic director for the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma (Macro).” The choice was artist and anthropologist Giorgio de Finis, whom one newspaper dubbed “the squatter director.” His upcoming show “will transform the museum into an ‘open laboratory’ where ‘there will be no exhibitions’, he says, as ‘the daily activity of the museum itself will be on show’. Artists will be invited to transfer their studio practice to Macro, while major international figures and scholars from varied disciplines will deliver lectures and talks. Meanwhile, the permanent collection will be densely installed ‘like the Hermitage.'”
New Museum District Rising In Shanghai, Across The River From The Current One
“A raft of state-owned museums is rising along the East Bund riverside in the Pudong New Area of eastern Shanghai. Details have yet to be formally announced, but projects due for completion in 2020 include the Pudong Art Museum, the Shanghai Museum East, the Shanghai Library East and the Pudong Urban Planning and Art Centre. The towering 80,000 Ton Silo on the Huangpu River opened as an exhibition venue after refurbishment last October.”